LCARF/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:457
Okasha/1993:18
Site:LCARF
Discovery:first mentioned, 1912 Dunn
History:Okasha/1993, 126: `The stone was known to a Mr Dunn of Lancarffe from around 1912, lying in the bed of a stream. In 1928 the stone was removed to Bodmin but Mr Dunn recovered it and had it built into a new wall in the garden of Lancarffe house'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 435: `granite'.
Dimensions:1.87 x 0.25 x 0.04 (Okasha/1993)
Setting:in struct
Location:Lancarffe; Current location from Okasha.
Okasha/1993, 126: `The stone is now built into the wall of a summer house in the garden of Lancarffe House, Bodmin'.
Form:plain
Okasha/1993, 126: `originally it was probably an erect pillar stone'.
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1945, 435, speaks of a `fracture' in the stone.

Okasha/1993, 126: `It is probably complete but is broken in two pieces'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:

Okasha/1993, 126: `the visible face is uncarved'.

Macalister/1945, 435: `There is an O-shaped mark just before the D: this is not a letter, but may be part of an ornament'.

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):*DV{N}OC{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIMERC{A}GN{I}
Expansion:
DVNOCATI HIC IACIT FILI MERCAGNI
Macalister/1945 435--436 reading only
Okasha, E. (1984):DV{N}O[.]{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIME[.]C{A}GN{I}
Expansion:
DVNO[.]ATI HIC IACIT FILI ME[S]CAGNI
Translation:
Here lies [the body] of Duno[.]atus (PN), son of Me[s]cagnus (PN).
Okasha/1993 126--127 reading only
Thomas, C. (1994):DV{N}OC{A}T{I}HICI{A}CIT | F/ILIME{S}C{A}GN{I}
Expansion:
DVNOCATI HIC IACIT FILI MESCAGNI
Translation:
Of-Dunocatus (PN) here lies, of-the-son of-Mescagnus (PN).
Thomas/1994 263--264 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:533 - 566 (Thomas/1994)

400 - 799 (Okasha/1993)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Thomas/1994, 265: `It shows angle-bar A and horizontal I, with two reversed capitals but no devolved letters; a date of VI.2 [i.e. mid-sixth] is a safe one'.

Okasha/1993, 126: `The text is in a predominantly capital script'.

Legibility:good
Okasha/1993, 126: `The text is legible and appears to be complete'.

Macalister/1945, 435: `The letters are in excellent condition'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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